Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wayne You must be joking! I have switched 'tween right hand drive cars in the UK and Japan to left hand drive in the US, without a thought. That is a lot more difference than models of Leica! Don't make a BFD over it. Just pick up the cameras and use them. You are no more incompetent than I am. I am 74 and not fixed in my ways, You should be better. Jerry Wayne Serrano wrote: > On 3/17/04 7:09 PM, "Jerry Lehrer" <jerryleh@pacbell.net> wrote: > > > keith > > > > Good Lord! I switch 'tween an M2, M6, Nikon F2 and an R 4 with > > NO thoughts whatsoever as to what I have in my hands. NO problem > > whatsoever. My hands seem to know what I am shooting. Only a > > rank beginner would worry which way the knob turns. > > > > Keep using them, problems will fade away quickly. > > > > Jerry > > > > Jack McLain wrote: > > > >> I carry a MP and a M6TTL at the same time (90 on one, 35 on the other) > >> and > >> have no problem with switching back and forth. I think the shutter > >> speed > >> dial issue is a tempest in a teapot. Give it a try. > >> cheers > >> Jack McLain > >> Tucson, AZ > >> http://jackmclain-photography.dotcommunity.net > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Keith V Johnson" <kvj@gammanine.com> > >> To: "LUGPOST" <leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > >> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 9:17 AM > >> Subject: [Leica] Need feedback on possible trade up. Or should I say > >> down? > >> > >>> Now that I've made my new MP my main body, I've come across an old > >>> issue. > >>> Yes, I mean the shutter speed dial direction issue. I have an > >>> opportunity > >> to > >>> swap my ttl for a non ttl of similar condition. My thoughts are that > >> having > >>> both bodies operate the same would be best. Of course the ttl shutter > >>> dial > >>> being bigger is simpler to operate. I don't care about ttl flash so > >>> that's > >>> not an issue. Any feedback from someone who's faced a similar decision > >> would > >>> be much appreciated. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >> > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > Hi Keith, > > I'll add my thoughts as well.. For some it's how the camera fits the hands > for others of it's how quickly one adapts to the overall layout of the > controls. There's a lot to be said for having identical bodies and a zero > adaptation curve when moving from one body to another. It's a very > personal > choice. > > Good luck and regards, > > Wayne > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html